Trump to host Netanyahu at White House on December 29: Israeli government

Prime curate has said duo volition sermon ‘difficult’ signifier 2 of Gaza ceasefire, which concerns governance of enclave.

United States President Donald Trump volition big Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu astatine the White House connected December 29, according to an Israeli authorities spokesperson.

The announcement connected Monday did not supply immoderate further details of the planned meeting, which the brace had tentatively announced past week.

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It came a time aft Netanyahu said helium expected to sermon the second phase of the ceasefire successful Gaza with Trump, arsenic good arsenic “opportunities for peace” successful the region.

“The Prime Minister volition conscionable with President Trump connected Monday, December 29, they volition sermon the aboriginal steps and phases and the planetary stabilisation unit of the ceasefire plan,” authorities spokesperson Shosh Bedrosian said successful an online briefing to reporters.

On Sunday, Netanyahu said the absorption of the gathering would beryllium connected ending Hamas governance successful Gaza and ensuring it fulfilled its “commitment” to the ceasefire plan, which calls for demilitarisation of the enclave. He added that the 2nd signifier of the ceasefire volition beryllium “more difficult”.

Despite implicit 590 Israeli violations, a US-brokered ceasefire successful Gaza has mostly held since October 10. Israeli forces person killed astatine slightest 360 Palestinians successful the enclave since the ceasefire began, raising the wide decease toll to implicit 70,000.

The archetypal signifier of the ceasefire related chiefly to the speech of Israeli captives and Palestinians held by Israel, arsenic good arsenic Israel’s withdrawal from parts of Gaza.

Phase 2 of the woody would interest post-war governance, a profoundly thorny contented that remains mostly unresolved, with lone a vague US roadworthy map.

Still to beryllium determined are questions of leadership, aboriginal Palestinian self-determination and the relation of immoderate planetary stabilisation force.

The gathering besides comes arsenic Trump has heaped unit connected Netanyahu to forge a caller information statement with the fledgling authorities of Ahmed al-Sharaa successful Syria.

In a station connected societal media past week, Trump called connected Israel to question “strong and existent dialogue” with Syria.

That followed repeated incursions and airstrikes by Israel that person mostly derailed talks.

The US has remained Israel’s apical state passim the war, providing diplomatic enactment and billions of dollars successful subject aid.